Alden, Christopher


Dr Christopher Alden  

Department

Position held

Department of International Relations

Reader

Experience keywords:

South Africa; south-south relations; post-conflict peace building; Southern Africa; foreign policy analysis

Research summary > [Click to expand]

post-conflict peace building; war and political violence; post-conflict peace building; state formation & nation-building; foreign policy of states in transition; foreign & defence policy; foreign policy of states in transition; political economy of transition; south-south relations; political economy of development

Countries and regions to which research relates:

South Africa; Southern Africa; Zimbabwe; Africa

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7386

Publications

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2013

Alden, Christopher and Schoeman, Maxi (2013) South Africa in the company of giants: the search for leadership in a transforming global order. International affairs, 89 (1). pp. 111-129. ISSN 0020-5850

2012

Alden, Christopher (2012) China and Africa: a distant mirror of Latin America. Colombia internacional, 75 pp. 19-47. ISSN 0121-5612

Alden, Christopher (2012) China and Africa: the relationship matures. Strategic analysis, 36 (5). pp. 701-707. ISSN 0970-0161

Alden, Christopher and Aran, Amnon (2012) Foreign policy analysis: new approaches. Routledge, Abingdon, UK. ISBN 9780415427982

2011

Vieira, Marco Antonio and Alden, Christopher (2011) India, Brazil, and South Africa (IBSA): South-South cooperation and the paradox of regional leadership. Global governance, 17 (4). pp. 507-528. ISSN 1075-2846

Alden, Christopher and Large, Dan (2011) China's exceptionalism and the challenges of delivering difference in Africa. Journal of contemporary China, 20 (68). pp. 21-38. ISSN 1067-0564

2010

Alden, Christopher and Le Pere, Garth (2010) Strategic Posture Review: South Africa. World Politics Review

Alden, Chris (2010) ‘A pariah in our midst’: regional organisations and the problematic of Western-designated pariah regimes – the cases of SADC/Zimbabwe and ASEAN/Myanmar. Crisis States Research Centre working papers series 2, 73. Crisis States Research Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Alden, Christopher (2010) Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world: emerging powers and Africa. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Onslow, Sue and Jerven, Morten and Shepherd, Ben and Alden, Christopher and Vines, Alex and Chitiyo, Knox (2010) Resurgent continent?: Africa and the world. LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Alden, Christopher and Morphet, Sally and Vieira, Marco Antonio (2010) The South in world politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9781403933171

Alden, Christopher and Khalfa, Jean and Park, Yoon Jung (2010) La Chine en Afrique. Les temps modernes, (657). pp. 23-27. ISSN 0040-3075

Alden, Christopher and Alves, Ana Christina (2010) La Chine et les ressources naturelles de l'afrique. Les temps modernes, (657). pp. 28-51. ISSN 0040-3075

Anseeuw, Ward and Alden, Christopher, (eds.) (2010) The struggle over land in Africa: conflicts, politics & change. HSRC Press, Pretoria, South Africa. ISBN 9780796923226

2009

Alden, Christopher and Anseeuw, Ward (2009) Land, liberation and compromise in Southern Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230230842

Alden, Christopher and Sidiropoulos, Elizabeth (2009) Africa-China-EU cooperation in Africa: prospects and pitfalls. Policy Notes, 2009 (11). pp. 1-5. ISSN 1654-6695

Alden, Chris and Hughes, Christopher R. (2009) Harmony and discord in China’s Africa strategy: some implications for foreign policy. China quarterly, 199 pp. 563-584. ISSN 0305-7410

Garth, Le Pere and Alden, Christopher (2009) South Africa in Africa: bound to lead? Politikon: South African journal of political studies, 36 (1). pp. 145-169. ISSN 0258-9346

Alden, Christopher (2009) Emerging powers and Africa: a comparison of modes of engagement pursued by China, India and Brazil. Global review, 2 pp. 62-74.

2008

Alden, Christopher and Large, Daniel and Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo, (eds.) (2008) China returns to Africa: a rising power and a continent embrace. Columbia University Press, New York, USA. ISBN 9780231700986

Alden, Christopher and Alves, Ana Cristina (2008) History and identity in the construction of China's Africa policy. Review of African political economy, 35 (115). pp. 43-58. ISSN 0305-6244

Alden, Christopher and Large, Dan and Soares de Oliveira, Ricardo (2008) Chine-Afrique: facteur et résultante de la dynamique mondiale. Afrique Contemporaine, 228 (4). pp. 119-133. ISSN 0002-0478

Alden, Christopher (2008) Delineando il futuro della Cina in Africa. Afriche e orienti, 2008 (2). pp. 5-14. ISSN 1592-6753

2007

Alden, Christopher (2007) China in Africa. Zed Books, London, UK. ISBN 9781842778630

Porto, João Gomes and Parsons, Imogen and Alden, Chris (2007) From soldiers to citizens: the social, economic and political reintegration of Unita ex-combatants. The Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa

Alden, Christopher (2007) China in Africa [hardback edition]. Zed Books, London, UK. ISBN 9781842778647

2005

Alden, Christopher and Smith, Karen E. (2005) Strengthening democratic structures and processes in Africa: a commentary on the role of the European Union. In:Os Desafios das Relações Europa-África: Uma Agenda de Prioridades (The Challenges of Europe-Africa Relations: An Agenda of Priorities) (23-24 October 2003 : Lisbon, Portugal).

2003

Alden, Christopher (2003) Let them eat cyberspace: Africa, the G8 and the digital divide. Millennium: journal of international studies, 32 (3). pp. 457-476. ISSN 0305-8298

Alden, Christopher and Hirano, K, (eds.) (2003) Distant mirror: Japan and South Africa in a globalising world. Ashgate, Aldershot, UK. ISBN 0754618269

Alden, Christopher and Martin, G, (eds.) (2003) France and South Africa : towards a new engagement with Africa. Protea Press, Johannesburg, SA. ISBN 1869190025

Alden, Christopher and le Pere, G. (2003) South Africa's post-apartheid foreign policy: from reconciliation to renewal? International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, UK

Alden, Christopher and Khalfa, Jean (2003) Afrique du sud: dix ans après. Les temps modernes, 623 ISSN 0040-3075

2002

Alden, Christopher (2002) Making old soldiers fade away: lessons from the reintegration of demobilised soldiers in Mozambique. Security dialogue, 33 (3). pp. 341-356. ISSN 0967-0106

Alden, Christopher (2002) The chrysanthemum and the protea: reinventing Japanese-South African relations after apartheid. African affairs, 101 (404). pp. 365-386. ISSN 0001-9909

2001

Alden, Christopher (2001) Mozambique: a success story in crisis. Global insight, (10). pp. 1-4. ISSN 1607-2375

Alden, Christopher (2001) South Africa and regional crises in SADC: the fable of the elephant and the mouse. Northwestern journal of international affairs, 3 (Summer). pp. 5-19.

Alden, Christopher (2001) Solving South Africa's Chinese puzzle: democratic foreign policy making and the "two Chinas" question. In: Broderick, Jim and Burford, Gary and Freer, Gordon and Pahad, Aziz, (eds.) South Africa's foreign policy: dilemmas of a new democracy. Palgrave Macmillan, London, pp. 119-138. ISBN 9780333734032

Alden, Christopher (2001) Mozambique and the construction of the new African State: from negotiations to nation building. Palgrave, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 0312235941

2000

Alden, Christopher (2000) From neglect to 'virtual engagement': the United States and its new paradigm for Africa. African affairs, 99 (396). pp. 355-371. ISSN 0001-9909

1999

Alden, Christopher and Khalfa, Jean (1999) La transición sudafricana. Letras libres, 1 (8). pp. 110-112. ISSN 1578-4312

1998

Alden, Christopher (1998) The United Nations, elections and the resolution of conflict in Mozambique. In: Chan, Stephen and Venâncio, Moisés, (eds.) War and Peace in Mozambique, 1984-1994. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 67-97. ISBN 9780312216634

Alden, Christopher Las nuevas relaciones de China con Africa. In: La presencia de China en el himesferio occidental. , pp. 263-290. ISBN 9789875991194

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